It’s such a strange time bc I’m scrolling on TikTok and I hear people talking about revolutions more and more and more
Yet we are talking about what a revolution is
And we have so much of history to look back upon for examples
Did our predecessors spend all this time analyzing what goes into a revolution before they just had had enough and got on with it?
Who does the planning and who falls in line?
I know there are so many people out there like me who are ready for someone else to take charge, and we will willingly follow because we are sick of the current systems and structures and we desperately need things to change radically
But at the same time, I exist in spaces where people are not aware of these rumblings, places where people are asleep and fully allowing themselves to be complicit within the scheme of capitalism.
I see it in my family, and even though I can get swayed by the blinders, I know in my heart and in my body that things are not right, that we are not owed this comfort, and that ultimately, it cannot last
I feel something big is coming
So then, how long will we talk about revolutions for?
Is it until those who are asleep finally wake up? Because it seems like that could take ages to happen
But we don’t have forever
People are fed up and suffering from the violence of colonial imperialistic white supremacy which is the root of capitalistic societies.
And I am a witness to both sides of it.
It’s scary to let myself think about it because I know that if they don’t get on board, they will be left behind. The masses are the poor and the oppressed , and those with more privelge and more money who are not using it for good, will become targets.
Not the 1%, but very much separate from the bottom.
What is my place in all of this?
I know ultimately where I’d side with, the cause has my heart and my fire and I’m ready to burn everything down to the ground and sacrifice my comfort for the greater good. I think many people are there as well. Will it be enough?
Are we prepared for the loss that is bound to come? We can conceptualise all day long but ultimately the reality of revolution is bloody and violent and enduring- but the will of the people is greater!
More and more and more I’m feeling like the day to day noise and the pointless media we consume for entertainment and the easy, fluffy, light conversations we have are all distractions from class consciousness, from our true purpose and from the ultimate goal.
I think this is a pessimistic take because we do need art and we need community and we need each other to fuel our fight and remind us that we are not alone in our struggle, and we are able to heal and move forward together.
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